My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
HERMANN HESSEYou must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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His life oscillates, as everyone’s does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.
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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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